SUSE update for avahi

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU75444

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1981

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A local user can initiate a DBUS call to the daemon and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package avahi to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher: 5.2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15: SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro: 5.2

openSUSE Leap: 15.4

avahi-lang: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

avahi-utils: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

libavahi-client3: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

libhowl0-debuginfo: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

libavahi-glib1: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

avahi-debugsource: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

libavahi-client3-32bit: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

avahi-compat-howl-devel: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

libavahi-common3-debuginfo: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

typelib-1_0-Avahi-0_6: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

libavahi-gobject0-debuginfo: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

avahi-utils-debuginfo: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

libavahi-common3: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

libavahi-ui-gtk3-0: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

avahi-autoipd: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

libavahi-core7-debuginfo: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

libavahi-gobject0: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

libavahi-glib1-debuginfo: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

libavahi-common3-32bit: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

avahi-32bit-debuginfo: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

avahi-debuginfo: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

libdns_sd: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

libavahi-gobject-devel: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

libavahi-client3-32bit-debuginfo: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

libdns_sd-debuginfo: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

libavahi-ui-gtk3-0-debuginfo: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

libavahi-common3-32bit-debuginfo: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

avahi-utils-gtk: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

libavahi-glib-devel: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

avahi-autoipd-debuginfo: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

avahi-compat-mDNSResponder-devel: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

avahi: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

libavahi-devel: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

libavahi-client3-debuginfo: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

libhowl0: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

avahi-utils-gtk-debuginfo: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

libavahi-core7: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

avahi-glib2-debugsource: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

libavahi-ui0: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

libavahi-ui0-debuginfo: before 0.7-150100.3.24.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_micro_for_rancher:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_real_time_15:SP3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_micro:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:opensuse_leap:15.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:avahi-lang:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:avahi-utils:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:libavahi-client3:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:libhowl0-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:libavahi-glib1:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:avahi-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:libavahi-client3-32bit:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:avahi-compat-howl-devel:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:libavahi-common3-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:typelib-1_0-avahi-0_6:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:libavahi-gobject0-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:avahi-utils-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:libavahi-common3:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:libavahi-ui-gtk3-0:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:avahi-autoipd:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:libavahi-core7-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:libavahi-gobject0:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:libavahi-glib1-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:libavahi-common3-32bit:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:avahi-32bit-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:avahi-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:libdns_sd:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:libavahi-gobject-devel:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:libavahi-client3-32bit-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:libdns_sd-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:libavahi-ui-gtk3-0-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:libavahi-common3-32bit-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:avahi-utils-gtk:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:libavahi-glib-devel:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:avahi-autoipd-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:avahi-compat-mdnsresponder-devel:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:avahi:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:libavahi-devel:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:libavahi-client3-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:libhowl0:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:avahi-utils-gtk-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:libavahi-core7:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:avahi-glib2-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:libavahi-ui0:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:libavahi-ui0-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20231993-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.